You Know You've Been Away from Trains too Long When

I am like you. I am finding I need to remember to take a day of rest.  So tomorrow is my day of rest. Time to take it easy and maybe play with trains.  

"4. I moved a rollaway storage cart under the benchwork and took out half my city interior/exterior lighting"

My layout does that if I just look under it.

You can't find the key to wind them up. Don

I try not to let items 1-4 happen. 

The clerk at McDonalds says to you "That will be 765, sir." ... and it take you a minute to realize she is referring to the cost of your order and not to Rich Melvin's locomotive.

5. I chose the TMCC remote as I can't remember how to use the Legacy one.

Art

6. The tops of the rails are just as dark as the sides of them with the weathering painted on

7. A pal asks, "whatever happened to you model railroad layout?" while standing in the layout room

8. You walk into the local hobby shop and get a deja vu feeling, not even realizing you have been there before

9. People talk in 'hobby code' where abbreviations and model #s get used instead of proper names and descriptions, and you have no idea what anyone is talking about

10. You drive by someplace in town and see signs for a model train swapmeet and you realize you had no idea it was coming at all

11. The local hobby shop or club sends condolence cards to your spouse, assuming you must have passed on because nobody's seen or heard from you in so long

Thankfully, none of the above apply to me, but I love doing these types of lists...

Hi, Lee; I tried to PM you, but your email bounced.

Terry,

Great to hear from you, and see you're running trains again !!!!!

Alex

Robert,

     Got to admit the other day at DD I had this exact thing happen and thought of Rich Melvin also, talk about mental displacement, good grief.  OGR seeps into your bones!

PCRR/Dave 

Beats me why, I just looked and for sure that's my email...

You don't have to be away very long. When you get older you can go through this every morning, even if you were just running your trains the night before. However, I'm not going to consider this a problem until I can no longer find the layout.

... every time you go to change the channel on your TV one of your engines take off, and every time you try to make an engine go the volume on your TV goes up!   

I know I've been away too long when I see the latest prices for one scale freight car that used to get me THREE.

Fred

Well its been 15 years since I have seen the tracks on my layout or operated trains.  So that is probably too long.  I have spent the past 3 months working on getting rid of the computers and computer parts that covered floor to ceiling in both rooms.  I uncovered the last track section last night and found that two of the four mainlines in that section are disassembled.  I think I remember wanting more space between them.  Under the layout are many wires neatly routed in wooden wire guides but I have little memory of what or how they operate.  So now begins the adventure of trying to hook up wires and operate just the conventional trains.

Thanks for all the comments. I didn't expect this many. I really enjoyed all the comebacks and additions to the list! Gave me a lot of laughs and of course realized I'm not alone! And aussteve - I'll never break your record!

Thanks again everyone! Terry

AH don't worry,you will get your grove back on.Nick